UP - Illinois River Lift Bridge

Photos 

Looking downstream at the bridge from Pekin

Photo taken by Nathan Morton in Sept. 07

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BH Photo #127568

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Vertical lift through truss bridge over Illinois River on Union Pacific Railroad in Pekin

Location

Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois, and Peoria County, Illinois

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1912

Builder

- King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio

Railroads

- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)

Design

Through truss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 175.0 ft.
Total length: 1,508.0 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.55433, -89.67547   (decimal degrees)
40°33'16" N, 89°40'32" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/273466/4492725 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Pekin

Inventory number

BH 38086 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• November 3, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
• April 22, 2016: New photos from Steve Conro
• December 14, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Updated entry with dates
• November 14, 2008: Added by Nathan Morton

Sources 

• Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Luke
• Douglas Butler
• Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com

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